OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T to get Android Nougat update in December

OnePlus introduced OnePlus 3T smartphone. OnePlus will roll out Nougat beta "community" build to OnePlus 3 user later this month. Now OnePlus has confirmed that the OnePlus 3 and 3T will be receiving the Android 7.0 Nougat update later this year. The company also stated that both the phones will follow the same update schedule.

The beta build updates are slated to be pushed to testers by the end of November. While OnePlus is yet to detail the exact feature set packed in the update, it should offer better performance and battery life thanks to tweaks coded in its OxygenOS Android fork. Since the Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 chip on the OnePlus 3T supports Google Daydream VR, the smartphone might receive additional VR features through the update. The company also released the device trees and kernel sources for developers to create their own custom ROMs for the OnePlus 3T.

OnePlus 3 has a 5.5-inch 1080 Optic AMOLED display powered by a 2.15GHz quad-core Snapdragon 820 SoC coupled with 6GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage. Dual SIM device runs on Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow) with Oxygen OS . It has a 16-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) for quick focus in 0.2 seconds, Optical Image Stabilization (OIS), RAW image support, manual mode and an 8-megapixel front-facing camera. It has a anodized aluminium unibody design, has a fingerprint sensor embedded into the home button that can unlock the phone in under 0.2 seconds. Packed with a 3000mAh Battery.

Update: After beta OnePlus to rollout stable build for OnePlus 3 and 3T